Therapy focus: Osteoarthritis
Business Review Editor
Abstract
This feature discusses the various approaches that have been, and are being, taken towards alleviating pain in and treating the condition of osteoarthritis. The article is in four parts. The first reviews the pain relief drugs that are already on the market and are in development for osteoarthritis, and the second discusses progress towards various disease-modifying therapeutics #8211; which may be just chondroprotective, or may even help to build up cartilage; development work being advanced by Galapagos and Medivir is described. The last two parts of the article look at the preventive approach (work on biomarkers), and at the use of stem cells.
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